Miles for a Bible

Light for the Lost, the Assemblies of God ministry that focuses on resourcing ministries and missionaries with evangelism tools, has been a part of seeing countless souls brought into the kingdom of God.

In portions of Africa, Assemblies of God missionaries use dirt bikes to traverse rugged trails that lead to remote villages in the mountains. But they’re not joy riding; the missionaries travel those trails with one purpose in mind — to share the gospel with the people they encounter.

In this particular region of Africa, the village people are often very receptive to the gospel message, and it is not uncommon for villagers to choose to pray with the missionaries and accept Christ as their Lord and Savior. These new converts are encouraged to start Bible studies and attend the Assemblies of God church in the valley.

After one particularly arduous journey into the mountains, the missionaries returned to the valley and were thrilled to see a group of teenagers from one of the villages they had recently visited. These new converts had walked for miles to get to the valley from their mountain village.

They explained to the missionary, “You encouraged us to have Bible studies, but no one owns a Bible in our village.” Thanks to Light for the Lost, the missionaries were able to provide each of the teens with their very own Bible to read, study, and grow in Christ.

“True stories like this just reinforce the importance of resourcing our missionaries,” says Rick Allen, national Light for the Lost director. “Those teenagers’ hearts and lives are now going to be filled with the Word of God. In fact, an entire village will now have access to God’s Word because missionaries went and Light for the Lost — through the generosity of our donors — was able to resource them.”

Mandy Kennedy